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The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is the largest national research institute devoted to homelessness in Canada. The COH is the curator of the Homeless Hub.
Canadian Observatory on HomelessnessThe Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is the largest national research institute devoted to homelessness in Canada. The COH is the curator of the Homeless Hub.
Research involving Indigenous Peoples often results in little or no benefit to the communities involved and, in many instances, is still causing harm. To ensure such research is safe and beneficial to the communities involved, current research practices need to undergo fundamental changes.
Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) is a rights-based intervention for young people (aged 13-24) who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness. The goal of HF4Y is not simply to provide housing stability, but to support young people holistically and facilitate a healthy transition to adulthood.
Put yourself in the shoes of your thirteen-year-old self. If you couldn’t stay at home, where would you turn? I would have asked for help from my best friend’s family, or my aunt who lived in town. I’ve heard others say that they would turn to teachers, relatives, pastors, or mentors for support in this scenario. These people are all “natural supports”. Natural supports are people who can have a significant impact on the lives of youth experiencing homelessness. Sometimes, natural supports also offer youth a place to stay.
Between March 2020 and December 2022, 66 communities participated in Everyone Counts, the third nationally coordinated Point-in-Time (PiT) Count of homelessness in Canadian communities. The preliminary results of PiT homelessness counts have been released.
Here are 8 things that stood out to me:
In recent years, there has been a growing number of encampments in Peel Region. Although they vary in size and structure, the term ‘encampment’ is used to describe any location where an individual or a group of people experiencing homelessness live together, usually in tents or other temporary structures.
We’re pleased to announce the launch of the third round of the Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards Program. Presented by Canada Life, the program is part of a broader suite of activities co-led by A Way Home Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness to transform our response to youth homelessness.
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Canada’s 2023 federal budget was tabled on March 28. Highlights include substantial health care funding, incentives for ‘clean energy,’ new funding for dental care, and a one-time Grocery Store Rebate for low-and modest-income Canadians.
Transgender Day of Visibility feels a little different this year, given all the attacks on the existence of trans people in the public space in the US and their echoes in Canada. Celebrating and encouraging the visibility of trans people is a way of refusing the hateful rhetoric that just sees trans people as threats or as undeserving.
How can we effectively address the largely hidden and pervasively misunderstood problem of youth homelessness in a safe and accessible way?
In this blog, we will explore how a promising initiative, Upstream Canada, addresses extreme barriers to youth resiliency in order to prevent homelessness and school disengagement.